Open House 2016

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

OPEN HOUSE MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016

800 Maryville Centre Drive · Town & Country, MO 63017 admissions@wcastl.org · 314.997.2900 · wcastl.org

WHY WESTMINSTER?

Westminster Christian Academy Created to make a difference.

OUR VISION: Prepare and equip more young men and women to engage the world and change it for Jesus Christ.

OUR MISSION: Westminster Christian Academy honors Jesus Christ by providing an excellent education, rooted in biblical truth as interpreted by the Westminster Confession of Faith, for the children of Christian parents.

Faculty and staff enable students to discover and embrace a biblical view of the world and integrate that view into every area of life.

SCHEDULE

6:15 p.m. Registration 6:30 p.m. Program begins in the Theatre Tim Hall and Scott Holley, interim heads of school 7 p.m. Teacher presentations Select 4 of the 10 presentations available.

Presentation 1 Five-minute passing Presentation 2 Five-minute passing Presentation 3 Five-minute passing Presentation 4 8 p.m.

Self-guided tour

8:30 p.m. Event concludes

PRESENTATIONS

Hear from Interim Heads of School Tim Hall and Scott Holley

Overview:

Teacher Presentations

Bible: Mike Berttucci and Nick Gray

Business & Communications: Communications – Scott VonderBruegge

Business – Jonathan Horn

English: Claire Birchenough, Micah Gall, and Kristin Janssen

Fine Arts: Instrumental Music – Eric Gargrave

Visual Arts – John Sarra and Lizzie Vogel

Performing Arts – Kathy Eichelberger

History:

Andy Kerckhoff and Chris Knerr

Math:

Dale Beachy and Allison Pautler

P.E.:

Lindsay Carlile

Science: Lisa Harding (STEM and Robotics), Andrew Shaw, PhD (Faith and Science),

and Karen Thompson (Middle School Science)

World Languages: Kelly Gilbert

Gifted Services: Jonathan Powers and Sara Schwamb

Special Services: Lucy Erdman

TEACHER PRESENTATIONS

BIBLE

The purpose of the Bible Department is to reveal God, His sovereignty, and His deep love for mankind. Students are challenged to accept, believe, and apply the Gospel for salvation and live in daily obedience, growing in grace and giving all glory to God.

7th Grade: The Stories of Redemption

8th Grade: Old Testament 8

9th Grade: Essentials of the Christian Faith

10th or 11th Grade: Biblical Ethics

12th Grade: Engaging God's World Faculty Representatives

Mike Berttucci (Middle School)

and Nick Gray (Upper School)

BUSINESS & COMMUNICATIONS The vision for this department is to offer students the opportunity to pursue areas of interest in the fields of business, communications, and applied technology. Courses are designed to expose students to topics and content that allow them to integrate core learning with areas of personal interest while also providing areas of discovery not found in other academic departments.

In the Middle School, foundational digital and technology skills are developed through the Integrated Technology Literacies program and the use of the iPad. This program integrates various technological skill sets within the core classes.

Introduction to Business

Business Finance and Accounting Entrepreneurship

Newspaper Journalism I

Newspaper Journalism II

Magazine Journalism I

Magazine Journalism II

Multimedia/Video Storytelling

Marketing I

Principles of Economics Faculty Representatives

Scott VonderBruegge and Jonathan Horn

ENGLISH

Students learn the philosophical basis of literary works and analyze those works in light of biblical truth. The program also provides students with the tools to communicate the written and spoken language clearly and concisely.

7th Grade: Foundations of Writing & Literature I (Honors)

8th Grade: Foundations of Writing & Literature II (Honors)

9th Grade: Expository Writing, Expository Writing (Honors)

10th Grade: Literature of Western Civilization, Literature of Western Civilization (Honors)

11th Grade: American Literature, American Literature (Honors)

12th Grade: Advanced Expository Writing, Literature (AP) Faculty Representatives

Kristin Janssen (Middle School), Micah Gall (Upper School),

and Claire Birchenough (Upper School)

THE ARTS The purpose of the Arts Department is to teach students to express devotion and praise to their Creator through artistic endeavors. Students develop the discipline to take a piece of work from beginning to a point of display or performance.

Middle School

7th Grade: Art, Drama, Chorus, Performing Arts Expo, Band

8th Grade: Art, Drama, Chorus, Performing Arts Expo, Band Upper School Art:

Music:

Art History (AP), Advanced Studio Art, Ceramics I, Ceramics II, Drawing, Graphic Design, Intro to Visual Art, Oil Painting, Photography, Studio Art (AP), Watercolor Painting Band, Jazz Band, Chorus, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Orchestra, Music Survey, Music Composition, Music Theory (AP), Piano Lab, Intermediate Piano Drama: Advanced Improvisation, Drama I, Drama II, Drama III, Speech Communication, Theatre Tech

Faculty Representatives

Kathy Eichelberger (Performing Arts), Eric Gargrave

(Instrumental Music), John Sarra and Lizzie Vogel (Visual Arts)

HISTORY Students are enabled to develop a conceptual understanding of humanity’s patterns of interaction and to view history as a continuing parable that reveals God’s purposes. Graduates will be better prepared to function in and redeem the culture.

7th Grade: Global Studies

8th Grade: Global Studies

9th Grade: The History of Global Conflicts

10th Grade: Western Civilization, Western Civilization (Honors)

11th Grade: U.S. History, U.S. History (AP)

12th Grade: American Government,

U.S. Government & Politics (AP)

Faculty Representatives

Andy Kerckhoff and Chris Knerr

MATH Westminster math courses are designed to meet the needs of students of all abilities, interests, and college and career objectives; to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to model quantitative and spatial situations in all disciplines; and to enable students to develop skills in logical reasoning, problem solving, and technology.

7th Grade: Pre-Algebra, Advanced Pre-Algebra, Pre-Algebra (Honors)

8th Grade: Algebra I, Advanced Algebra I, Algebra I (Honors)

9th Grade: Geometry Concepts, Geometry, Geometry (Honors)

10th Grade: Algebra II Concepts, Algebra II, Algebra II (Honors)

11th Grade: Advanced Math Concepts, College Algebra,

Precalculus (Excel/Honors), Precalculus and Statistics (AP)

12th Grade: Statistics, Calculus AB (AP), Statistics (AP),

Calculus BC (AP), Calculus (Honors,) Introduction to

Computer Programing, Computer Programing with C++ Faculty Representatives

Dale Beachy (Middle School) and Allison Pautler (Middle School)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION The goal of P.E. is for students to learn how to monitor and maintain their own health, fitness, and athletic development – skills that will serve them for life.

Middle School

7th Grade: Physical Education & Health

8th Grade: Physical Education & Health Upper School

Female Fitness, Male Fitness

Strength & Conditioning I, Strength & Conditioning II

Health & Fitness

Faculty Representatives

Lindsay Carlile

SCIENCE

At Westminster, students learn to embrace God's role as Creator and Sustainer of His universe from both a biblical and scientific perspective. The curriculum is designed for students to explore the fundamental concepts and principles of the science course and dig deeper into understanding the methods and technology used to discover them. This process teaches students to become problem solvers through observation, data collection, and experimentation.

7th Grade: Life Science, STEM

8th Grade: Physical Science, STEM

9th Grade: Physics, Physical Science Concepts, Physics (Honors)

10th Grade: Chemistry, Chemistry Concepts, Chemistry (Honors)

11th Grade: Biology, Biology Concepts, Biology (Honors), Biology (AP),

Chemistry (AP), Physics B (AP)

12th Grade: Biology (AP), Chemistry (AP), Physics 1 & 2 (AP),

Human Anatomy & Physiology Upper School STEM Courses

Introduction to Engineering Design (IED)

Principles of Engineering (POE)

Computer Assisted Design (CAD)

Applied Scientific Research (ASR)

Civil Engineering and Architecture (CEA) Faculty Representatives

Lisa Harding (STEM and Robotics),

Andrew Shaw, PhD (Faith and Science), and Karen Thompson (Middle School Science)

WORLD LANGUAGES Students learn to appreciate the cultures that God has created, to master the language skills, to understand the literature of these cultures, and to integrate their personal faith with these language and cultural studies.

Middle School

8th Grade: French, Spanish Upper School

French I, French II, French III (Honors), French IV (AP), French V (AP)

Spanish I, Spanish I (Honors), Spanish II, Spanish II (Honors), Spanish III

(Excel), Spanish III (Honors), Spanish IV, Spanish Language IV (AP), Spanish Literature V (AP) Chinese I, Chinese II, Chinese III Summer Cultural and Language Immersion Experience

Faculty Representative

Kelly Gilbert

THE GIFTED PROGRAM

The Gifted Program provides services that meet the diverse social and academic needs of gifted students at Westminster. The Westminster Gifted Program has been specially designed to assist those students who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude or competence in one or more domains with accelerated and enriched learning.

Faculty Representative

Jonathan Powers and Sara Schwamb

SPECIAL SERVICES The Special Services program supports the educational needs of students with diagnosed learning differences. The goal of Special Services is to enhance academic success by providing tools and strategies to utilize in the classroom, with homework, and during testing.

Faculty Representative

Lucy Erdman

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US AT WESTMINSTER! Apply online at wcastl.org/admissions.